The first characterized carbapenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis strain from Croatia and the case study for it.
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
; 65(3): 317-323, 2018 Aug 01.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29651861
ABSTRACT
An imipenem-resistant Bacteroides fragilis strain was isolated from the blood of a 72-year-old male patient with a urinary bladder tumor in Osijek, Croatia. This strain was also resistant to ampicillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, cefoxitin, clindamycin, tetracycline, and harbored cfiA, ermF, and tetQ genes where the high-level expression of the cfiA carbapenem-resistant gene was driven by an IS1187 element. Interestingly, despite the carbapenem-resistant feature of the B. fragilis from blood, the patient relatively easily recovered from the bacteremia. It was the first characterized imipenem-resistant B. fragilis isolate with its case report from Croatia, which confirmed the appearance of carbapenem-resistant B. fragilis strains, that continues worldwide with low incidence and the molecular characteristics vary temporally and geographically.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bacterial Infections
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Bacteroides fragilis
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Carbapenems
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Croatia